In Another Time

'you were right about the end, it didn't make a difference
everything i can remember, i remember wrong

how can anybody know how they got to be this way?'

-the national

Big Bend Bouldering

Sequence of '1000 lb Caboose' (v8)

Sequence of the 'Shorter Traverse' (v5)

A v2/3 variation on the Black Box Boulder

An unnamed v1

'The Pregnancy Arete' (v2)

Canyonlands National Park

Arches National Park

Erika and I embarked on a weekend trip to Moab. It was Erika's first trip to the area so we spent most of the time exploring Arches NP and Canyonlands NP, with a little bit of climbing on the side. Erika's injury made the longer hikes infeasible but we still managed to see quite a lot. We're both looking forward to getting back there when her ankle is fully healed!

East Marion, NY

Here are some pictures from our time spent climbing in East Marion, both before and after our trip to Europe. No matter where I travel in the world, East Marion will always hold a special place in my heart. I've spent countless afternoons scaling the area's perfect granite boulders, soaking up the sunshine and listening to the waves churn glacial pebbles with each crash upon the shore. Here, the aesthetic experience has always been as meaningful as the climbing and those moments have helped me understand that, for me at least, the two are forever inextricably linked.

A three photo sequence of one of East Marion's best lines

A fun v1 problem

A v2/3 sit start

Another v2/3 problem

New York City

Grand Central Terminal

After returning from Europe, we finished up our trip by spending some days in New York City doing all the usual tourist things. Might as well end our great adventure with the biggest and best city of them all. ;-)

Trinity Church

The beautiful ceiling of Grand Central

Paintings by Jackson Pollock from the MoMA collection

Waiting for the subway

Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Apple Store

St. Patrick's Cathedral

30 Rockefeller Plaza

Times Square madness

Various views of the New York City skyline,
as seen from the Empire State Building